Dean Consultative Committee Members
Robert H. Wilson, Dean Consultative Committee Chair, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Research, LBJ School and Mike Hogg Professor in Urban Policy
Robert H. Wilson is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Research at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs where he is the Mike Hogg Professor in Urban Policy. He received his PhD in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to the LBJ School in 1979, he taught in an urban and regional planning program at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco in Brazil. At the LBJ School, he teaches econometics analysis for public policy, urban economic development policy, and urban governance in developing countries. His recent books include Urban Segregation and Governance in the Americas, Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico and the United States, Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas, and Community Change in East Austin. He was inducted into National Order of the Southern Cross by the decree of the President of Brazil (2003).
Lynn Baker, Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law; Co-Director - Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice and the Media, University of Texas School of Law
JD 1985, Yale; BA 1982, Oxford; BA 1978, Yale
One of the nation's leading scholars on issues of professional responsibility in group litigation, Professor Baker is also a leading academic defender of federalism and the rights of states. She is frequently called upon by lawyers and legislators to serve as an expert on issues of legal ethics, state and local government law, and federalism.
Professor Baker is the co-author of a leading law school text, Local Government Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 3rd ed. 2004) (with Clayton P. Gillette), and the author or co-author of dozens of articles and book chapters, including "Facts About Fees: Lessons for Legal Ethics" (Texas Law Review, 2002); "I Cut, You Choose: The Role of Plaintiffs' Counsel in Allocating Settlement Proceeds" (Virginia Law Review, 1998) (with Charles Silver); "Conditional Federal Spending After Lopez" (Columbia Law Review, 1995); and "Federalism and the Double Standard of Judicial Review" (Duke Law Journal, 2001) (with Ernest A. Young).
An avid tournament bridge player, Professor Baker is a thirteen-time National Champion. She was one of twelve women who qualified to represent the United States in the 2001 World Bridge Championships (Venice Cup) in Paris, France.
Elizabeth Casey, MPAff Candidate, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Beth Casey will begin her second year pursuing her Master of Public Affairs at the LBJ School in the fall of 2009. Beth is Vice President of LBJ's student government, the Graduate Public Affairs Council and heads its Academic and Internal Affairs Committee. She is originally from Arlington, Texas and studied English as an undergraduate at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Before coming to LBJ, Beth managed Kaplan Test Prep Centers in New Jersey and Texas.
Cesar Martinez Espinosa, LBJ School PhD Candidate, Master's degree: MPA, LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2005.
Work Experience: Cesar Martinez Espinosa has experience in the Mexican Federal Government, having worked for almost six years at the Mexican Social Security Institute in leading positions in budgeting, planning and health economic areas. More recently, he has worked in the areas of geopolitical analysis as the chief analyst for Latin America in the Austin based Strategic Forecasting, Inc., dealing mainly with energy and economic and political issues and in evaluating the impact of Mexico’s infrastructure building program on the United States at the Center for Transportation Research at UT.
Research Focus: In the Doctoral program his research is focused to the economic and political integration between Mexico and the United States with a focus on national security, which includes transportation and energy issues.
Kenneth S. Flamm, Dean Rusk Chair in International Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Kenneth Flamm, who joined the LBJ School in fall 1998, is a 1973 honors graduate of Stanford University and received a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. in 1979.
From 1993 to 1995, Flamm served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Economic Security and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Dual Use Technology Policy. He was awarded the Department's Distinguished Public Service Medal in 1995 by Defense Secretary William J. Perry. Prior to his service at the Defense Department, he spent eleven years as a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at Brookings.
Flamm has been a professor of economics at the Instituto Tecnologico A. de Mexico in Mexico City, the University of Massachusetts, and George Washington University. He has also been an adviser to the Director General of Income Policy in the Mexican Ministry of Finance and a consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, the National Academy of Sciences, the Latin American Economic System, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S Agency for International Development, and the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress.
Among Dr. Flamm's publications are Mismanaged Trade? Strategic Policy and the Semiconductor Industry (1996), Changing the Rules: Technological Change, International Competition, and Regulation in Communications (ed., with Robert Crandell, 1989), Creating the Computer (1988), and Targeting the Computer (1987). He is currently working on an analytical study of the post-Cold War defense industrial base.
Flamm, an expert on international trade and the high technology industry, teaches classes in micro-economic theory, international trade, and defense economics.
Francis J. Gavin, Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs and Director, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Francis J. Gavin is the founding Director of Studies for the Robert S. Strauss Center and the first Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the director of "The Next Generation Project - U.S. Global Policy and the Future of International Institutions," a multi-year national initiative sponsored by The American Assembly at Columbia University. He previously was an Olin National Security Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs and an International Security Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He was also a Research Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, where he worked on the Presidential Recordings Project and directed the Presidency and Economic Policy Project.
A historian by training, his teaching and research interests focus on U.S. foreign policy, national security affairs, nuclear strategy and arms control, presidential policymaking, and the history of international monetary relations. Gavin received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Diplomatic History from the University of Pennsylvania, a MSt. in Modern European History from Oxford, and a B.A. in Political Science (with honors) from the University of Chicago.
His publications include numerous scholarly articles, book reviews and editorials. His book, Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971, was published in 2004 by the University of North Carolina Press under their New Cold War History series. Gavin has won several prestigious awards and honors, including the 2002-2003 Smith Richardson Junior Faculty fellowship in International Security and Foreign Policy and the 2003-2004 Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellowship at the University of Texas. His current research project is entitled, "Strategy and Arms Control Reconsidered: Reassessing the History of Missile Defense, Nuclear Proliferation, and U.S. National Security Policy." He was a founding member of the Historical Society, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Thomas Gilligan, Dean, University of Texas McCombs School of Business
In September, 2008 Thomas W. Gilligan became the tenth dean of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest and most distinguished business schools in the country. Prior to his appointment at the McCombs School of Business, Dr. Gilligan held several key administrative roles at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Most notable positions include his service as interim Dean, as the Vice Dean of Undergraduate Education, as director of the Ph.D. program, and as the Chair of the Finance and Business Economics Department.
Dr. Gilligan holds the Centennial Chair in Business Education Leadership. He received his B.A. in 1979 at the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. in Economics at Washington University in 1984. He taught Economics at the California Institute of Technology (1984-1987) and during his tenure at USC he held visiting appointments at Stanford University (1989-1990 and 1994) and Northwestern University (1995-1996). He was the recipient of a National Fellowship at the Hoover Institution of War and Peace and was a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the White House. He also served in the United States Air Force from 1972-1976.
Dr. Gilligan has served as Coeditor for the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization and the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. Currently he is an Associate Editor for the journal entitled Business and Politics as well as the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Finance. Dr. Gilligan has also served as a referee for over two dozen other journals covering topics in management, economics and political science. His areas of interest and expertise include microeconomics, applied price theory, industrial organization, antitrust economics and public choice. He has served as a consultant to businesses in the entertainment, agriculture, service and construction industries, dealing with antitrust and contract issues, as well as pricing strategies.
Terri E. Givens (ex-officio), Vice Provost and Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas-Austin
Terri E. Givens is Vice Provost and Associate Professor in the Government Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her duties as Vice Provost include oversight of the University’s International Office (Study Abroad, International Student and Scholar Services, English as a Second Language), and development of international initiatives; Undergraduate Curriculum; Faculty Council and Catalog Legislation; Academic Advising; and Undergraduate Awards.
She was formerly the Director of the Center for European Studies and Director of the France-UT Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her B.A. from Stanford University. Her academic interests include radical right parties, immigration politics, and the politics of race in Europe. She has conducted extensive research in Europe, particularly in France, Germany, Austria and Denmark.
Terri is an avid runner, and enjoys many outdoor activities in Austin. As the proud mother of two handsome young boys, Andrew (7) and Brandon (4), she also spends a great deal of time on the soccer fields and investigating the flora and fauna of the area. In her spare time, she gets out to listen to jazz, the symphony, and watches dance performances with her husband, Mike Scott.
Michael Granof, Ernst & Young Distinguished Centennial Professor in Accounting and Distinguished Teaching Professor of Business and Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin
Michael Granof, who has a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, has been a Professor of Accounting at UT Austin since 1972. His research and teaching interests include accounting in governmental and nonprofit organizations and financial accounting. He is the author or coauthor of several textbooks, including Financial Accounting: Principles and Issue; Accounting for Managers and Investors; and Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting. At the LBJ School he teaches in the area of financial management.
Granof has a joint appointment in the McCombs School of Business and is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Aletha Huston, Priscilla Pond Flawn Professor, University of Texas School of Human Ecology
Aletha C. Huston is the Pricilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Child Development at the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in understanding the effects of poverty on children and the impact of child care and income support policies on children's development. She is a Principal Investigator in the New Hope Project, a study of the effects on children and families of parents' participation in a work-based program to reduce poverty, and a collaborator in the Next Generation Project, a cross-study investigation of child care, income, employment effects of welfare and employment policies. In the past, she was an investigator in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, and conducted a program of research on television and children, co-directing the The Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children (CRITC). Her books include Children in Poverty: Child Development and Public Policy, Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society, Developmental Contexts of Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood, and Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and their Children. She is Past President of the Society for Research in Child Development. She has won numerous research awards, including the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contributions to Developmental Psychology, and the SRCD award for contributions to Child Development and Public Policy.
James Langdon, Jr., Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
James C. Langdon Jr. is one of four senior executive partners at the international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. A partner at the firm for nearly thirty years, Mr. Langdon has spent most of his professional career working on oil and gas and energy-related issues. As the senior member of Akin Gump’s energy practice, Mr. Langdon advises both Western multinational oil and gas companies as well as various oil and gas enterprises of energy-producing countries around the world. Early in his career, Mr. Langdon served in a varietyof positions in the U.S. federal government, including the Cost of Living
Council, the Department of Energy and the Department of the Treasury.
A native of Texas, Mr. Langdon comes from a family that is well-known in energy circles within the state. His roots in Texas remain deep. He has been active in the political campaigns of President George W. Bush, most recently serving as chairman of the campaign’s Washington, D.C. fundraising effort during both the 2000 and 2004 election cycles. In addition, Mr. Langdon served as chairman of Americans for Bush, a bipartisan grassroots political organization.
Mr. Langdon is a former member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, a group of distinguished citizens outside the government who advise the president on critical foreign and domestic intelligence issues. He served as a member of the Board from 2001 to 2005. He previously served on
the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board. Currently, Mr. Langdon serves on the Board of Directors of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund; on the Board of Trustees of the Ford’s Theatre; on the Governing Committee of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law within the LBJ School for
Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin located in Austin, Texas; on the University Development Board of the University of Texas at Austin located in Austin, Texas; on the Advisory Committee of Max Petroleum; and as a Wilson Council Member of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Mr. Langdon is a graduate of the University of Texas and its School of Law. He is married to Sandra Wilson Langdon; they are the parents of three children,James, David and Alison.
Education
• B.B.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1967
• J.D. University of Texas School of Law, 1970
Jack Martin, Founder and Chairman, Public Strategies, Inc.
Jack Martin is a leading business strategist, advising a wide range of Fortune 500 companies as well as many high-profile international firms. His reputation as a strategic innovator is derived from his success in personally managing some of the world’s most complex and important business transactions, as well as his knowledge of the dynamics of political change.
Martin is the chairman of Public Strategies, Inc., a global business advisory firm that he founded in 1988. Today owned by WPP of London, Public Strategies was the largest independent firm of its kind at the time of its sale in 2006. Since its start, Public Strategies has grown to more than 190 employees, with offices in 15 U.S. cities, London and Mexico City.
From its original headquarters in Austin, Texas, Martin directs Public Strategies worldwide work. He created a new business model to expand stereotypical concepts of “the public” to include employees, stockholders, community and political leaders, government agencies, the media, as well as customers and consumers. This business model, which helps firms to manage all of their interactions with the public from one strategic platform, has been trademarked by Public Strategies as the “Fifth Seat.” This new offering in business advisory work has allowed clients to avoid crisis management and achieve their strategic goals in competitive markets.
Within Public Strategies itself, Martin has created a culture of public service which encourages staff members at all levels to become involved in community activities by serving as volunteers and pro-bono advisors to non-profit organizations. Public Strategies is a long-time supporter of public television, Communities in School, The Nature Conversancy, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project, Texas Cultural Trust Council, Planned Parenthood, the Austin Children’s Museum, Austin Film Society, and dozens of other non-profit organizations across the nation.
Martin is a Texas native who grew up in San Antonio, where his father was a firefighter. Before founding Public Strategies, Martin was active in Democratic Party politics in the U.S., having reached a near-perfect record of wins as a political consultant in various U.S. Senate, gubernatorial, and congressional campaigns before deciding to quit at age 40 and focus his efforts on building Public Strategies. Martin has served as senior advisor to the Democratic National Committee, a consultant to the U.S. Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and treasurer of the Texas Democratic Party. In Texas, Martin worked for his long-time friend and mentor, U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen in various capacities for almost 20 years. He served as executive assistant to the senator and ran his last two re-election campaigns, after starting as Bentsen’s travel aide at the age of 20.
Martin has received four appointments to various public service positions from three Texas governors. In 1991, his alma mater, Texas State University, named him a distinguished alumnus, after Martin served as a chairman of the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System.
In early 2007, Martin brought together a number of key Texas leaders in business, civic endeavors and non-profit organizations to identify ideas to improve the lives of all Texas families by 2020. Under Martin’s leadership, the “2020 Group” focuses on issues of major importance to today’s children, such as access to health care, quality education, job growth and opportunity, economic prosperity, immigration reform, and a clean environment. With more than 100 participants, the 2020 Group has become a conduit for vital information about key issues, as well as a catalyst for action for those who are committed to improving the lives of all Texans.
Martin also serves on the Board of Visitors of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, as well as the board of the LBJ Foundation, which supports public policy education at the University of Texas’s LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Cynthia Osborne, Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Cynthia Osborne joined The University of Texas at Austin in 2005 as an Assistant Professor at the LBJ School and as an affiliate of the UT Austin Population Research Center. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of social policy, poverty and inequality, family and child well-being, family demography, and school entry among disadvantaged children.
Prior to joining the LBJ School faculty, Osborne was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University, where she worked on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey of New Parents. She holds a Ph.D. in demography and public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, a master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a master of arts in education from Claremont Graduate University. Previously, Osborne was a middle school teacher in a low-income community in California.
Susan K. Rieff, Executive Director, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas-Austin
Susan K. Rieff was named Executive Director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in July 2004. Located in Austin, Texas, the Wildflower Center became part of the University of Texas at Austin in September, 2006. The Center is dedicated to preserving and restoring the nation’s natural beauty and biological richness, and is a leader in demonstrating essential role of native plants and landscapes in achieving environmental sustainability.
The Wildflower Center has more than 12,000 members nationwide. Its award-winning architecture and 279 acres of gardens and nature trails attract 70,000 visitors annually. Under Rieff’s direction, environmental sustainability has become as the core value that drives the Center’s programs, including research, plant conservation, landscape restoration, and education. One of the nation’s premier native plant botanic gardens, the Center’s work is national and international in scope, and includes development of national sustainable landscaping standards, participation in the global Millennium Seed Bank, and creation of the National Plant Information Network.
Before joining the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Rieff served as Policy Director for Land Stewardship for the National Wildlife Federation, the nation’s largest member-supported conservation group. Rieff’s responsibilities included national policy development and program direction for NWF’s land-related projects and activities nationwide.
From 1995 to 1998 Rieff served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., where she was chief operating officer for the Office of the Secretary. She also directed major policy initiatives and interagency projects, including creation of a national monument in Utah (now a component of the National Landscapes Conservation System.
From 1991 to 1995, Rieff served as Policy Council Director and Director of Environmental Policy for Governor Ann Richards of Texas. There she developed policy and legislative proposals, oversaw the reorganization of major state environmental agencies into a single entity, and managed other state initiatives.
Rieff’s other government experience includes tenure as Assistant Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture (1988-91), where she directed pesticide enforcement, pest management, and natural resources programs. She was selected as the first Director of Resource Protection for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and served in that role from 1985-1988.
Rieff worked in the Congress from 1981-85 as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas for environmental and natural resources legislation.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Texas Christian University with a degree in environmental sciences, Rieff holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of Texas. She has been a part-time visiting professor of environmental policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT. Rieff is a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Rachel Stegall, LBJ School of Public Affairs MGPS Candidate
Rachel Stegall Niven will begin her second year pursuing her Master of Global Policy Studies at the LBJ School in the fall of 2009. Rachel was a Ben Barnes Fellowship recipient for the 2008-2009 academic year. She received her bachelor's degree in International Studies and Spanish from the University of South Carolina, where she was a member of the Honors College. Prior to LBJ, Rachel worked in public affairs and research consulting in Washington, DC. Her primary research interests include international trade and transportation issues, specifically in Latin America. She is currently interning at the Center for Transportation Research.
Larry Temple, President and Trustee of LBJ Foundation
Larry Temple is in the private practice of law in Austin as a sole practitioner. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas School of Law.
Larry Temple formerly was a Law Clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, formerly served as Legal Administrative Assistant and then Chief of Staff to Texas Governor John Connally, and formerly served as Special Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.
Larry Temple is President and a Trustee of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, formerly served as Chairman of The University of Texas at Austin Development Board, and also formerly served as President of The University of Texas Exes Association.
Caren Troutman, Manager, LBJ School Information Technology and Media Services, LBJ School of Public Affairs
A full-time staff member of the LBJ School of Public Affairs since October 1985, Ms. Troutman's portfolio includes day-to-day management and long-range planning for information technology and media services including systems, applications, network, classroom technology, videoconferencing, web, security, and staff. She represents the School on campus-wide committees and advisory groups including the Technology Deans working group. A native of Austin, Texas, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.
Pamela Willeford, former United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Pamela Willeford served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein from October 2003 until May 2006. Before her term as ambassador, she devoted her career to developing education policy and promoting community service in Texas. She completed eight years of service on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which is charged with overseeing all public post-secondary education in Texas. She chaired the board for five years; and, under her leadership, the Board developed a comprehensive higher education plan for the state called “Closing the Gaps by 2015.” The plan is directed at closing education gaps within Texas, as well as between Texas and other U.S. states.
She serves as the Chair of the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, raising awareness and money to provide assistance to the neediest schools across the country. She is currently chairing a special project for Mrs. Bush through the foundation to assist rebuilding of school libraries in the Gulf Coast region destroyed by the 2005 hurricanes. She also serves as President of the 85-thousand member Ex-Students’ Association of the University of Texas at Austin and as a member of the College for All Texans Foundation and the board of Texans for Higher Education. She was a member of the Secretary of Education’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. She is co-chair of the 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Awards of the Texas Cultural Trust, and Vice-Chair of the Texas Governor’s Mansion Restoration Fund, formed to restore the National Historic Landmark after it was destroyed by fire in June 2008. She is also a member of the boards of the Austin Crime Commission and the Texas Access to Justice Commission.
She has been involved in numerous civic organizations, including serving as the president of the Junior League of Austin, as well as board or leadership positions with Friends of the Governor’s Mansion, The Helping Hand Home for Children, SafePlace, The Hockaday School, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Trinity Episcopal School, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and the Texas Book Festival. Ambassador Willeford co-chaired and chaired the 2000 and 2003 Texas Gubernatorial Inaugurations; she also served as Director of Development for the State Preservation Board and directed rededication events for the restoration of the Texas State Capitol. She was awarded “Volunteer Extraordinaire” by the Junior League of Austin in 2002, “Woman of Distinction” from the Girl Scouts Lone Star Council in 2003, the Charles Alan Wright Award for Excellence by St. Andrew’s School in 2006 and The Hockaday Medal from the Hockaday School in 2009.
Pamela Willeford grew up in Breckenridge, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in English and Spanish. She has two adult children, Emily and Nancy Kate, and is married to Austin physician Dr. George Willeford, III. She and her sisters maintain their family business, Pico Drilling Co. Ltd in Breckenridge, Texas.
